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From: bsa@kf8nh.wariat.org (Brandon S. Allbery)
Subject: Re: Linux vs *BSD (new twist)
Message-ID: <1994Jun6.113354.9326@kf8nh.wariat.org>
Organization: Brandon's Linux box and AmPR node, Mentor, OH
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 1994 11:33:54 GMT
References: <2sl6o3$pvs@aurora.engr.latech.edu> <2smc4m$daj@Mercury.mcs.com> <2sndmu$bnk@acmez.gatech.edu> <2ssp3pINN4ql@bonnie.sax.de>
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In article <2ssp3pINN4ql@bonnie.sax.de>, j@uriah.sax.de (J Wunsch) says:
+---------------
| gt8134b@prism.gatech.edu (Robert Sanders) writes:
| >Actually, what the FM doesn't mention is that, unlike Linux consoles, 
| >you can't switch to a FreeBSD console unless it is "open", and the only
| 
| non-opened vt if you like), this is mainly due to the fact that Soeren
| attempted to emulate as much of the SCO console behaviour as possible.
+------------->8

Huh?  SCO 3.2v2 and 3.2v4.1 both let me switch to consoles that don't have
anything running on them.  (I can't do much with them, but then, that's a
given.  :-)

++Brandon
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Brandon S. Allbery	   kf8nh@kf8nh.ampr.org		 bsa@kf8nh.wariat.org
The FUDs at Microsoft are shouting "Kill The Wabi!"